U.S. government agency officially reprimands employee for farting too much

U.S. government agency officially reprimands employee for farting too much

A U.S. government agency issued an official reprimand to an employee after months of flatulence problems.

The reprimand letter runs four pages and is dated Dec. 10. It charges the employee of the Social Security Administration, which oversees pensions, with “conduct unbecoming a federal employee” and “creating a hostile work environment” because of the repeated gas passing.

The letter was originally posted on The Smoking Gun website with names blacked out.

The letter to the 38-year-old Maryland man starts with “Specification: On September 7, 2012, and continuing, you disrupted the work floor by passing gas and unpleasant odor.”

The reprimand details two instances where the worker was spoken to by a supervisor over the flatulence.

On July 17, 2012, says the letter from the supervisor, “I asked if you could make it to the rest room before releasing the awful and unpleasant odor. I informed you that the smell from your being flatulent disturbed your co-workers and disrupted the work environment. You said that you would try not to pass gas and that you would turn your fan on when it happens. I explained to you that turning on the fan would cause the smell to spread and worsen the air quality in the module.”

The Washington Post reported that the employee had as many as nine episodes in a day.

However, The Washington Post added that he continued to release gas regularly for the next several months.

The reprimand was later rescinded when senior managers became aware of it.